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Denim sandblasters' pneumoconiosis.
A 28-year-old man with long standing dyspnea for 4 years and a history of dry cough, sweating and loss of weight was admitted to the hospital. Physical examination showed fine crackles at the end of inspiration. The laboratory tests revealed increased low density lipoprotein level with slight increase in erytrocyte sedimentation rate. Sputum smears for blood culture and tuberculosis were negati...
متن کاملSilicosis in Turkish denim sandblasters.
BACKGROUND Sandblasting of jeans in small Turkish workshops has recently been recognized as a cause of silicosis. CASE SERIES Between August 2004 and March 2006, we admitted 16 young men with a history of working in small workplaces producing sandblasted jeans. Of these, 14 presented with respiratory symptoms and the remaining two through awareness of their work colleagues. In the first two c...
متن کاملAn epidemic of silicosis among former denim sandblasters.
Sandblasting denim using silica has emerged as a new cause of silicosis in Turkey. Following the discovery of several cases of silicosis in (young) workers who used this process, the frequency and main occupational risk factors of silicosis among former denim sandblasters in the region of Erzurum (Turkey) were evaluated. Demographic characteristics and information on working conditions were obt...
متن کاملSocio-Demographic and Clinical Characteristics of Turkish Workers with Pneumoconiosis.
AIM Pneumoconiosis is caused by inhaling dust. The aim of the study was to analyze 208 cases of workers' pneumoconiosis. METHOD Patients' files were used for the descriptive study. RESULTS All patients were male aged 38.82±13 years. The most important symptom was breathlessness. Patients were denim sandblasters (50.5%), dental technicians (12%), coal miners (6.7%), and others. The mean expo...
متن کاملDenim Sandblasting and Silicosis: Two Case Reports
Background: Silicosis is one of the oldest recorded occupational lung diseases, known since the time of Hippocrates and the ancient Egypt. It is an untreatable illness characterised by irreversible and progressive fibrotic reaction in the lung tissue caused by inhaling silica dust crystals with aereodynamic diameters of 0.5-5.0 micron diameter. It is a significant cause of mortality in the deve...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the Belgian Society of Radiology
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1780-2393
DOI: 10.5334/jbr-btr.485